The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

The property of power is to protect.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.